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Miss Ellen Nelson of Lexington has their business and it has been
enlisted in the marine corps worn- nothing less than their deterrnina
en's reserve. She is the daughter of tion to see that their patrons have
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred N. Nelson of milk that has urged them to con
Lexington. A graduate of lone high tiriue in the face of heavy losses,
school, Private Nelson attended These losses have not been repre
nnd the University of Oregon for sented in insufficient revenue
Oreeon State colleire for two years
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one A brother, orman, is s ran
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transerred to Camp Lejeune, N. C,
for training early in 1944.
FIVE MEN MAKE UP
DECEMBER DRAFT LIST
Five men were accepted in Dec
ember for army and navy service.
Of these two were volunteers who
chose the navy. James L. McCarthy
oi Hood River, known to a good
many farmers in Morrow county,
. was in the local draft. He is a mar
ried man. Curtis M. Thomson of
Heppner, also a married man, is the
of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Thomson
son
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store up to the time of leaving for
training.
Paul Beardsley, son of Mr,
Mrs. Jesse Beardsley of Heppner,
was accepted by the navy, while
Clarence C. Rogers of Hardman and
Harry Petersen of lone entered
the army. ,
The local board cud its nrst aran- . mie state iqpa. headquarters
ing of married men in December. It transportation division, has appoint-
will be a regular procedure from ed checkers to Zdev-
'take the job, one at Irrigon and one
BAIJMAN TRANSFERRED
Clarence Bauman has been trans
ferred from the Seattle area to the
Portland area, according to Mrs.
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Saturday night. For several month,
the erstwhile Morrow county sher
iff has been working out of Seattle
east and south as an agent of the
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HEPPNER SAILORS MEET
IN SOUTH PACIFIC
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home vearned to meet each other
in farawav lands after entering the
in iaraway lanas aiwr entering uie
service. .They were in the Hawaiian
Islands at the same time but did
not know it and each kept check-
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ing witn tne nome ioiks xo get some
trace. Finally, the opportunity came
and they had a fine visit, spending
several days togetner.
Tkio ifn,Dnrt wa ,Wivvl
ly Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Jones in let-
ters from both boys, their son, Dee
Jones Jr., F. C. and Lyle Cox, A.
M M 2c, son of Elbert Cox. Each
boy stated the other was looking
fine. Lyle stated that the little time p. m. Monday in the presence of
he had spent in Mr. Jones' machine relatives and friends. Vault entomb
shop helped him immensely in his ment was made at the Portland
present work. Both boys are good Mausoleum.
mechanics, Dee having had good
sphoolirK? in weldint? under his fa- Mr. and Mrs. Walter Becket and
ther, and while Lyle had not so
much training, he had picked up
enough from Mr. Jones that he had
little difficulty in attaining the rat-
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Milk Deliveries
Continue Pending
Word From OPA
Wightmans State
They Will Not
Let Town Down
" Milk deliveries are continuing in
Heppner and will continue as long
as it is a physical posViblity, ac
cording to J. J. Wightman. head
man of the Alfalfa Lawn dairy which
has been serving the town contin
uously for more than 38 years. This
assurance was given Monday at the
weekly luncheon of Heppner cham
oer of commerce when Wightman
iidtlined the milk situation.
It is doubtful if any of the dairy's
customers . know what a struggle it
has been to serve them the past
two years, according to Wight
man, who stated that they have
been faced with the most discour-
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Tnv t,nv in?t n,vilv in stork due
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HeecTtSX "twhfreinTey
invested S3.000 in what had been
represented as stock of one of the
best dairy herds in Oregon It soon
developed that most of the cows
were reactors and by the time the
weeding out was accomplished'
they had but two healthy cows of
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Excessive Driving
Undergoing Check
Excessive use of cars is undergo
ing a ceck in this vicinity, this
newspaper has been informed, and
ulose mauiuig m uie prauuee are
being urged to refrain from driving
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oeing urged vo reiiam irom ariving
more f to is necessary to get them
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sact important business. It has been
found at workers have been mak
mg least two unnecessary trips
dayy to and their - jobs and
an effort is to curb e
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at tteppneivA. u Houghton is in-
, vetigating Uie situation relative to
north end citizens working at the
ordnance depot where, it is'reported
car drivers have been accorded;:
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A similar condition exists at thf
mill here, workers having 'put in
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W.voon their VimQ on1 ftlant
Fred Ross of the local mill crew
has been delegated to check with
the workers and get them to coop-
erate with labor uni6n irt con-
oclvuls CVCI ie gajiuu 01
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Valentine Final Rites
Held in Portland
services wre held fet 2
0-clock p m Sunday at pheIps
Funeral Home for c w; Valentine,
Morrow countv nioneer whose r1Path
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O. Wendell Herbison, pastor of the
Church of Christ, officiated. :
Following the service the family
took the body to Portland where
final esrvices were held at 2 o'clock
Charles Becket left Tuesday for
lj0S ngeies m response to a mes-
B?se uia ary was se-
nously ill The trip was made by
car.
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, January 6, 1 944
Adrian Matteson
Loses Life in Fire
Word reached Heppner Tuesday
morning of the death of Adrian
Matteson at Susanville. The message
informing relatives sttated that he
was burned to death in a small
c(albin which he had occupied for
some time and which was located
about one-half mile from the little
mining town. He was living alone.
Matteson was the son of Albert
Matteson, pioneer settler of the
Matteson butte district in the south
ern part of Morrow county. He was
an uncle af Mrs. Ed Bennett of
Heppner and had spent his life in
this region. For manv vears he
prospected in the Greenhorn moun-
tninc fvurnnw frnm that spr-t.irm to
spend a few days of the Christmas
vacation with relatives and friends
in Heppner. He had just returned
to his mountain home , when the
tragedy occurred -
Sewing Circle in
Need of Workers
More workers are needed at the
Red Cross sewing room, according
to Mrs. Blaine Elliott, work promo-
tion chairman, who urges every
woman who can arrange her house-
hold affairs to ' spare a few hours
for this purpose.
The Morrow county ,unit has been
asked to make several hundred ar-
uc-iea m
tides in the next two months and
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much up haS tened
? Meetings are heldeach
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Masomc Gilding.
No yarn is available iust now for
but there are many things
to made not caUing for "V
Hst of artldes to be tued m. by
March 1 includes 100 housewives,
iw Deasiae Dags, xw cuppeis, xu
wash cloths, 25 men's . pajamas, 25
pneumonia jackets and 100 kit bags,
550 articles altogether.
FERGUSON-BARRATT VOWS
In a distinctly military setting
Miss Bonnie Ferguson, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Ferguson of Os-
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Hentmer in a ceremony performed
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at 11 o'clock a. m.
by Chaplain
Kuln in F chanel.
uraip nw xea.
took place immediately following
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Lt. Barratt's graduation from offi
cers' candidate school and was wit-
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Je oms other'
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Viorc nf T.t Rarralxs comranv.
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Seattle and ushers were Dean Jack
son of Eugene, Bob Downey and
Harold Clark of Portland, all fra-
ternity brothers.
After a wedding dinner served at
the Offloers' clulb, the newlyweds
left for New Orleans.
xn fiAS! NO TICKETS!
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Scrivner drove
to town Wednesday to do some
shnrminT and whPn thev Pot reativ
return nrvma W fnnnH trio uaQ-
oline tank bs dry Thev went to
get some gas and found that the
coupons had been left at home. Lee
laid his plight before the rationing
board and was given special gas to
Sel nuiiie 'Oil. moiai; wiecs gas ana
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VISITING McMURDOS"
Miss Jeannette Sims has been a
guest at the home of Dr. and Mrs.
A. D. McMurdo this week, coming
from Corvallis where she was grad
uated the past week from Oregon
State college.
AUXILIARY MEETING
Regular meeting of the American
Legion auxiliary will be held at 8
p. m. Monday at the IOOF hall,
with Mrs. Lucy Rodgers and Mrs.
iera crawiord hostesses.
1943 Precipitation
Falls Short of
Record in 1942
Figures Show Past
Year Returns to
Normal Rainfall
Precipitation as recorded in Hepp
ner during 1943 lapsed back to an
almost normal status, according to
records Kept by Ln u umiam.
while 1942 recorded the heaviest
precipitation in many years, 19
inches P1- 1943 ade a scant 12
inches, which is a little below
average.
Out Gooseberry way, where V. L.
Carlson keeps score on the weather,
a total of 11.43 inches olf moisture
MX compared with 18.44 in 1942.
and 14.77 in 1941. Carlson's records
for the last four months reveal the
fact that the Sept. 1, 1943-Jan. 1,
1944 rainfall was less than half that
of the corresponding period in 1942,
the figures being 3.39 inches in 1943
compared with. 7.98 inches in the
previous year.
Gilliam's record has not been
completed for the year. "During the
n m0nths recorded and set down
Heppner was credited with 11.10
rm u
incnes. mere possioiy was cuuug-i
Precipitation in December to bring
?ie t to 12 irf hes. Fog dur-
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ed any precipitation that might
have fallen and it was not until
toward the last of the month that
any appreciable amount of rain fell,
Stockmen state that sheep and
cattle have fared weU so far, graz-
. having been extended well into
Graih raisers are not too
sanguine about their fall seeding,
fog poor start not blam-
ed on off moistUre. Weather
conditions were not favorable to
early sown Si"am and some of
fields spotted.
April was this section's wettest
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mon when 2M mches rf
rain
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was e dryest month. January with
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October 2.18 accounted for most of
the year's precipitation,
NEW YEAR'S EVE PRANK
COSTLY TO PERPETRATOR
Lloyd Harshman' paid $75
into
the city's coflfers Monday
after
nlnoJin rY-.;U.. a nkoMs f
a false fire alarm City Re-
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Harshman wanted a little excite
ment to' help "usher in the new year
and thought the fire siren would
give the proper touch. Since the
CTiritVi kna lwart rpmnvM frnm thp
rr,mnhrova v,rno 'A infip4 in
fte telephone he iCouid not
tum on tne siren himself so he td
aphoned the "alarm" in from the
Heppner hotel booth Marshal Bill
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alarm sounded and rushed to the
alarm sounded and rushed to the
city, building to get the truck out.
Afer returning the truck to the
stall a little investigating was done
and Harshman was soon picked up.
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GASOLINE RATIONS MUST
BE TRANSFERRED '
Attention is called by the
war
price and rationing office to the
necessity of ; transferring gasoline
rations along with certificate of title
when a car or otner motor venicie
is sold or traded. It should be re
membered that the gasoline is ra
tioned on the license number of the
vehicle rather than to the individ
ual, the board points out.
Officials state tat much trouble
may be avoided by making the ra
tion transfer with the certificate of
title and closer cooneration is urffed
upon all individuals who sell or
trade their cars.
Volume 60, Number 41
Mayor Presents
Tentative Plans
For. Postwar Era
Expansion Due to
Follow Return of
Peace, Claimed
That Heppner will experience
some growtn in the postwar era
was the belief expressed by Mayor
J. o. Turner to members of the citv
council and a few visitors Monday
evening. There is nothing to prompt
a boom, he stated, but he foresees
an active period of home building
is scon as materials are released for
that purpose and he is convinced
that steps should be taken to pro-
vide l.or such expansion.
Prospective growth was used as
basis of a discussion relative to in-
creasing the city's water supplv and
this brought to light the fact that
the mayor has for some time had
under contemplation the drilling of
a new well a few miles above town
and within one half mile of the pre-
sent pipe line. He submitted the
proposition to the council with the
proposal that if it met with their
approval he would halve the well
driller at the next meeting for
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iuuib ueLtuieu cusi;ussiun. t. jlvju jm-
wards, Lexington driller, has made
a proposal to the mayor that he
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flow of at least 200 000 gallons dai-
ly for the sum of $3,000. If he does
not get that sum of money it will
not cost the city a red cent. That
was the deal as submitted to the
council. It was the opinion of mem-
bers present that the well should
be armed.
Another feature of the mayor's
program is the improvement of
streets. The city has been allotted
about $1500 from the highway fund
with which it is hoped several un-
finished streets may be completed
as well as necessary patching done.
a matter claiming tne attention or
mayor and council, following routine
ousiness, was presentation or a re-
quest Ior earbase disnosal. a
general cleanup ot the city and
more anitary conditions generally.
Mrs. W. P. Mahonev and Mrs. Or-
ville Smith, representing the Wool
growers auxiliary and Blaine E.
Isom and Rev. Bennie Howe, repre
senting Heppner chamber of com-
merce Presented the desires of
tneir respective organizations In
launchin such a Pject. This
brought to the attention of the
council the lack of earbaee disno-
iTdliSs Z2 ISdSs-
sion of ways and means for proper
ly handling this disturbing problem.
Heppner Lumber Co.
Opens Box Factory
One more enterprise was added
to Heppner's gradually growing
industrial life this week when the
Heppner Lumber company started a
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ion Pacific depot. The company re
centJy secured a small sheet-iron
enclosed building used as a ware
house by the Union Pacific truck
line and fitted it up for a box
factory.
The new operation will give em
ployment to four or five men and
has a capacity of between 15,000
and 20,000 feet daily. Lumber is
brought from the company's plant
vw town and th shook is loaded
directly onto cars for shipping.
While only a small operation it is
designed to utilize surplus mater
ial from the mill as well as creat
ing more jobs.
NOT RETURING TO SCHOOL
Upon their return to Heppner
from Corvallis the past week-end,
Dick Ferguson and Earl Clary an-
nounced that they will not return
to college as they expect to enter
the service within a short time.
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